For (A)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (B)bodily, 10 and (C)you have been filled in him, who is (D)the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also (E)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (F)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (G)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (H)you were also raised with him through faith in (I)the powerful working of God, (J)who raised him from the dead. 13 (K)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God (L)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by (M)canceling (N)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 (O)He disarmed the rulers and authorities[a] and (P)put them to open shame, by (Q)triumphing over them in him.[b]

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  1. Colossians 2:15 Probably demonic rulers and authorities
  2. Colossians 2:15 Or in it (that is, the cross)

because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority, 11 in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And although you were dead[a][b] in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way by[c] nailing it to the cross. 15 When he[d] had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of them in public, triumphing over them by it.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:13 Literally “and you being dead”
  2. Colossians 2:13 Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
  3. Colossians 2:14 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“nailing”) which is understood as means
  4. Colossians 2:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had disarmed”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Colossians 2:15 Or “in him”